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Far away from Texas, bobcats have also established themselves along the outskirts of Denver and Los Angeles. Interestingly, it looks like this urban lifestyle is turning the cats into night owls. Research conducted in the Los Angeles area shows that local bobcats are more fully nocturnal than their rural counterparts. This makes the big city felines less likely to encounter humans.
Furthermore, L. Back in the s, the remains of a very young bobcat—which were originally misclassified as a puppy—were discovered beneath a year-old grave in western Illinois. The plot in question was part of a much larger burial site created by a village aligned with the Hopewell Culture , a widespread group of related peoples who generally lived in small, isolated farming villages.
Traditionally, when someone in a Hopewell community died, the deceased was laid to rest in a burial mound. While dog burials are known, they were in the villages, not the mounds. I'd give anything to know why. Given these clues, some experts speculate that the animal was once a beloved pet. The earliest known member of the Lynx genus evolved in Africa around 4 million years ago. Known to paleontologists as the Issoire lynx, this creature had a more housecat-like appearance than its modern relatives do, courtesy of the now-extinct cat's shorter limbs and proportionally bigger skull.
Over time, the Issoire lynx spread northward into Eurasia. From there, it crossed the Bering Strait and entered North America. Today's bobcats are descended from these Old World colonizers.
Being a hunter doesn't guarantee that you, in turn, will never be hunted. Owls, foxes , and coyotes regularly make off with bobcat kittens. Cannibalism is another big problem for these helpless infants, which are sometimes gobbled up by wandering adults usually males who belong to their own species. Fully grown bobcats don't have many natural predators, although mountain lions have been known to kill those that encroach on their territory.
But in recent years, the short list of carnivores that eat bobcats has grown one entry longer. Since , a Burmese python epidemic has been constricting the Florida Everglades. For decades, exotic pet owners have released a steady stream of these Asian snakes into the region, where they now thrive. Capable of weighing pounds, the pythons are large enough to consume dogs, deer, and even alligators.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, at least one euthanized specimen has been found with a bobcat corpse in its stomach [ PDF ]. Pythons are also devouring the animals that bobcats depend upon for survival, including rabbits, raccoons, and rodents.
Not coincidentally, the number of bobcat sightings in the Everglades fell by According to MascotDB. They can be found from southern Canada, throughout the United States and into northern and central Mexico. Overall, the population of the bobcat is fairly stable. In some areas their numbers are increasing and in other areas the population is declining. They are currently listed as a species of least concern. Bobcats are carnivores and thus prefer an all meat diet.
Their food of choice is rabbits, but they will also eat birds, lizards, rodents, snakes, and carrion. On occasion they have been known to kill deer. Predators of the bobcat include mountain lions, coyotes, foxes, owls, wolves, and humans. Bobcats will usually change their shelter on a daily basis.
When they are not active they will rest in hollow logs, a rocky den, a cave, a low tree branch, a boulder or some other covered shelter. During the mating seasons screams and hisses can be heard.
Bobcats are very territorial. Females never share their territory with each other but male territories will overlap with several females. They establish their territories with scent markings. Bobcats are not often responsible for killing domestic animals and typically use wild animals as prey items. However occasionally they are responsible for losses of poultry, lambs, small goats, pigs and house cats.
In areas with high bobcat activity, use the following tactics to deter them from making an impact. Clean up under bird feeders: If you have bird feeders in your yard clean up any excess food that falls from the feeders to the ground to prevent it from building up. The buildup of food will attract small mammals which in turn can attract bobcats. Secure poultry and livestock: Keep poultry chickens, turkeys, ducks in a secure outdoor pen with well fitted doors.
Enclose outdoor pens with 1 inch chicken wire placed over a sturdy wooden frame. Be sure to overlap and securely wire seams on top to prevent bobcats from forcing their way in. Keep poultry securely locked up at night. Keep livestock and small animals confined in secure pens from dusk to dawn. During the birthing season keep young and vulnerable animals secure at all times. Remove any sick or injured animals immediately. Install predator guards on trees in areas where bobcats could use them to gain access to your poultry and other animals.
Be sure the guard is at least 6 feet high.
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